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Demonstrating that there is both much to celebrate and signficant issues to confront in the blockbuster Hamilton, Dueling Grounds is an uncompromising look at one of the most important musicals of the 21st century.
List of contents
- Introduction: "Revolution and Liminality in the Musical Hamilton": Mary Jo Lodge and Paul R. Laird
- Part I: Hamilton and History
- Chapter 1: "The Creation of the United States and the Broadway Stage" Paul R. Laird
- Chapter 2: "Economics Lessons in History with Alexander Hamilton: From Adam Smith to Broadway": Christopher S. Ruebeck and Mary Jo Lodge
- Chapter 3: "The Ten Dollar Opera: Hamilton as a New Modernism": Stuart J. Hecht
- Chapter 4: "Musical 'Founders Chic': 1776 and Hamilton as Heritage Musicals": Mary Jo Lodge
- Part II: Hamilton and Representation
- Chapter 5: "Hamilton's Gendered Entanglements": Stacy Wolf
- Chapter 6: "Taking Hamilton to the Streets: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Latinidad, and the Aesthetics of Accessibility" : Trevor Boffone
- Chapter 7: "Hamilton, History, Historiography": Rachel B. Herrmann
- Chapter 8: "A 'Model' American Musical: Hamilton and the Rise of Model Minorities": Sissi Liu
- Part III: Staging Hamilton
- Chapter 9: "Hamilton and the Liminal Director: Navigating the Space Between Writer and Star": Alan Patrick Kenny and Mary Jo Lodge
- Chapter 10: "Revolutionary Movement: 'Non-Stop' Ensemble Choreography at Work": Dustyn Martincich
- Chapter 11: "Telling the Story of Hamilton in the Twenty-First Century: the Layering of Historical and Modern Aesthetics Through Costume Design": Ella Hawkins
- Part IV: Singing Hamilton
- Chapter 12: "Long Live Hip-Hop: Hamilton and the Death (and Rebirth) of Hip-Hop" Cheryl L. Keyes
- Chapter 13: "Words Flooding the Senses: The Tradition and Impact of Hamilton's Vocal Stylings": Elizabeth Sallinger
- Chapter 14: "Hamilton - An American Musical: The Very Model of a Modern Major (British) Megamusical": Adam Rush
- Conclusion: "Revelation in Hamilton": Mary Jo Lodge and Paul R. Laird
- Index
About the author
Mary Jo Lodge is Associate Professor of Theater at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, and a performer, director, and choreographer.
Paul R. Laird is Professor of Musicology at the University of Kansas and editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (2002; 2nd edition, 2008, third edition 2017).
Summary
Demonstrating that there is both much to celebrate and signficant issues to confront in the blockbuster Hamilton, Dueling Grounds is an uncompromising look at one of the most important musicals of the 21st century.
Additional text
Dueling Grounds is a multi-faceted look at the musical Hamilton, which reminds us that even though we may know every lyric by heart, we can always look deeper into this era-defining musical, thanks to an array of provocative perspectives showcased in this book.
